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ònugbù

Noun

5 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina)

    Noun
  2. bitterleaf (Vernonia amygdalina Del. and V. colorata (Willd.) Drake)

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ajalị, Ezaa, Nkanụ, Nsụka, Udi

  • òlugbù Ajalị
  • òlugbù Ezaa
  • ònugbù Nkanụ
  • òlubù Nsụka
  • ònubù Udi

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ kọrọ onugbu ebe ahụ.

— He planted bitter leaf there.

Ọ̀kpụōnūgbù juru n'ukwu onugbu niile dị n'ụlọ anyị.

— Bitterleaf weevil are on all the bitterleaf trees in our house.

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